June 20, 2006
The Mic in ON in Tuscany!
ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:00 pm
It’s Like Open Mike Only Different
Here’s how it works.
The rules are simple — be nice.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. . . . Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
[Thank you to Jan Koster for the use of his beautiful picture.]
Here’s what we might be talking about:
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–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Chris Cree said
No Comments??!! Whazzup wid-dat?!
ME Strauss said
Joe went out to dinner first.
Trisha said
I haven’t had time to come by here in a while - looks like there’s some good posts I need to read!
Need to plant something, eat something and water some stuff first though - then I’ll be back!
ME Strauss said
Hi Trisha!
Tuscany. Great wine. We’ll save some for you!
ME Strauss said
Chris,
Did the mission go okay for the special event tomorrow. Sssshhh
Chris Cree said
Yupper. Everything’s set. She conveniently went to a networking event so I could get everything ready for the morning…
ME Strauss said
She’s a wise one, What kind of morning is it going to be?
Chris Cree said
Liz, I’ll pass on the wine tonight. I kinda had my share of (whine) earlier.
Chris Cree said
We’re going low budget this year by mutual agreement. So it will be quiet and low key. Small gift (what she wanted) and an awesome card. First one I picked up. That never happens. I usually spend hours finding the right card.
ME Strauss said
So what, can I serve you. I nice fruit juice, a cappacinno?
ME Strauss said
I thought maybe you built her a whole new blog on veterinary medicine with a flash template.
That sounds a lot like what we do. Money isn’t what it used to be.
Chris Cree said
As long as we are in Europe, I think I’ll go for coffee and chocolates, please.
Gorgeous and I want to go on a tour of the continent one day, staying in B&B’s and sampling the coffee and chocolates along the way.
Chris Cree said
She’s not into the blogging thing. At all. Doesn’t get my obsession. But that’s OK. I’m the geeky on in this family.
Chris Cree said
Have you done much traveling outside the US of A?
ME Strauss said
Happy to do the coffee and chocolates. i have a new Belgium chocolate it’s 82% cacao. It’s there right next to the lighter 62% and th 53% and the 40% and 30%. The coffee will be a minute. It’s a new machine.
ME Strauss said
Yeah, I’ve been out of the US quite a bit. I used to take one business trip around the world that was 30-32 days long every year for 6 or 7 years. It was incredible.
Chris Cree said
MMMmmmmhhhmmmpphhphh….
{eyes rolling back in his head}
Joe said
Ok,
Now I understand, it wasn’t MY picture, it was one of the Tuscany pictures…
Joe
ps. Shrip Lejoune I think, Shrimp wrapped in bacon and broiled.
Very tasty MMMmmmm
J.
ME Strauss said
Hi Joe,
After dinner coffee, cappacinno and chocolate?
Chris Cree said
I’ve seen a good bit of Europe and a little bit of Asia back in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Gorgeous lived in Australia for a year about the same time frame. And we’ve both been down to Brazil…
Where was your favorite place to visit?
Joe said
How do you spell appertiff?
Chris Cree said
Hey Joe!
You ever traveled outside the USA?
Chris Cree said
Joe, my rule is that when the word isn’t really English, it doesn’t much matter as long as it is close.
Joe said
Chris,
Does Montreal count???
Trisha said
Still too hot out to plant anything.
ME Strauss said
I love everywhere. I love the people. I love the views. I love pretending that I from where I am. I love trying to communicate in another language. I love seeing folks respond to me.
Chris Cree said
Hey Trisha!
You ever travel outside the USA?
Joe said
I’ve been to every state on the eastern seaboard and up to Montreal and Quebec. Never even crossed the border to Ohio.
ME Strauss said
Hi TrishA!!
YES, of course, Montreal counts!
Italy might be the winner.
Trisha said
No, I never get to go anywhere. Unless you count like about a one hour trip over the border into Mexico when I was a little kid one time.
Chris Cree said
I’ve been to Italy. A bunch.
Joe said
Is this the same Trisha from Germany that comments on my blog?
If so, I think it counts as outside the US.
ME Strauss said
I have weird feelings about Mexico. I keep thinking I’ll get stopped crossing the border for something I didn’t do and end up in a Mexican jail. Too many movies I think.
Trisha said
I’d like to go somewhere sometime.
ME Strauss said
Italy is lovely, the food, the people, the eye contact, the romance.
Joe said
But, Mexico still counts.
Chris Cree said
I probably shoulda ended up in a Mexican jail. Tiajuana. Back in the Navy days.
That was evil Chris. He’s dead now. We killed him.
Chris Cree said
So does Montreal!
Trisha said
Mexico would count, that was such a short trip though and a long time ago.
ME Strauss said
I did a whole week of posts that were an imaginary vacation in Italy on my writing blog last February. I was so tired of the Chicago gray sky. Some folks started posting alongside with other events. We went to Key West first. Then to Tuscany and Umbria — Land of St. Francis of Assissi
Joe said
Liz,
I’m supprised you didn’t tell Trisha to look at the picture of Tuscany, close her eyes and imagine…
ME Strauss said
Evil Chris. He is the foil to Spiderman Chris. Are you sure he’s really dead? Villains re never really dead.
Joe said
Tell that to the Gremlin….
ME Strauss said
Why Joe, you just did that for me. Thank you.
Trisha, close you eyes and look at the picture of Tuscany and imagine . . .
Then tell me, do you think that evil Chris is really dead or will he come back in the next scene of this movie?
Chris Cree said
He’s dead. I’m sure. I had some help killing him.
Joe said
or was that the Green Goblin????
Trisha said
Looking at a picture and imagining doesn’t cost the same as flying somewhere does it?
Chris Cree said
Spidey Chris sometimes gets into hot water because of his alter ego, Plain Old Chris.
But Evil Chris died several episodes back.
ME Strauss said
Chris! Oh no!
A death in the family . . . was it dastardly and bloody.
or was it, as Joe says “The Green Goblin?”
Chris Cree said
Trisha, we seem to have a frugal thing going on here tonight!
Joe said
No Trish, it’s free, that’s the best thing about the imagination…
Christine Kane said
Okay, Liz invited me to be a part of this. And it reminds me of jump-rope on the black top in first grade and you have to figure out the best time to get in without messing up the rhythm… so here I am! (I always used to mess up the two people with the rope.)
Chris Cree said
Oh, it was painful. For sure. Evil Chris put up a really good fight right to the end.
But ultimately he was no match for the power of good that overcame and destroyed him.
It was epic. And ordinary. All at the same time.
Chris Cree said
Hey Christine!
(Cool name, by the way)
There is no rythm here to mess up. Everyone jumps when they hit submit.
It gets fun!
Joe said
Hey Christine,
Don’t trip, we are taking a survery, What other country other than the one you were born in have you visited? And did you ever meet Spiderman Chris when you were there?
Christine Kane said
Okay… so it’s like IMing where you have about 14 strings of missed replies and dangling conversations?
ME Strauss said
Hi Christine,
Everyone this is Christine,
She’s a fabulous singer. 5 or 6 CDs You have to hear her.
I’m her biggest fan.
Christine leave a link here so they can go listen.
Christine Kane said
countries…. peru, south africa (where i got hideously dumped by my boyfriend in the johannesburg airport), kenya, greece, england, germany, belgium, and holland. and canada too. since that counts. i was never jailed.
Chris Cree said
Just went to her site. Whoa! We have a celebrity in our midst!
Pleased to meet you Christine!
But please know this can be a fairly silly place. Please don’t expect too much from us.
Joe said
Christine,
Why do you think they invented the REFRESH button?
ME Strauss said
I think that IMimg is saner.
We’re sort of like Cheers meets friends while doing LSD and watching Dr Who on Successful Blog with Spiderman
Chris Cree said
You know, I’ve heard South Africa can be not so nice. I don’t think I’ll put that on my list of must see’s
Christine Kane said
so, really…you just keep hitting refresh over and over again? (kind of like how you keep checking your amazon affiliates link to see if you’ve made more than $1.69?)
Joe said
Close Liz, but now that they have a different Dr Who playing Dr Who, Who is going to play Evil Chris on LSD while in the Cheers Saloon?
ME Strauss said
Christine lay down that link so that I can post it tomorrow.
By the way snacks and beverages are in the sidebar. Here’s the cappacinno and dark chocolate. The good stuff. Pizza is in the oven. What else is everyone having?
Christine Kane said
South Africa is beautiful. Just avoid dating guys named Derrick prior to visiting. (of course, it’s probably wise to avoid dating guys named Derrick anyway!)
Chris Cree said
Liz, don’t forget the hoofstock…
Joe said
Where’s my appertiff, please…
Christine Kane said
liz, i just gave up coffee yesterday so don’t mention the cappucino. i’m dying.
do you mean you want my web link?
ME Strauss said
Joe, we’ll have to look to cast the role of Evil Chris . . .
Meanwhile Christine never date a guy who’s name is a construction crane. That’s as bad as dating a guy who’s name is a verb.
I want to go to South Africa next.
CHRISTINE LAY DOWN THAT LINK.
Chris Cree said
Evil Chris would have been no match for the Doctor. But then who is?
No guys named Derrick. Got it. Of course I’ll not be dating any guys, thank you.
But I imagine being named after a crane might create some issues.
Liz, what was that rule? Never name anyone a noun?
Joe said
Christine, an appertiff has no caffine, it should be safe to have.
Christine Kane said
http://www.christinekane.com
that link?
and liz, you sounded so dominatrix like. i kind of jumped!
ME Strauss said
Sorry Joe, a little Sherry?
Yes, Christine, your web link. How can I be your promoter, if you won’t let me show off your web link?
Joe said
Yes please… hic
Christine Kane said
joe, i’m still having caffeine. just not coffee. coffee makes me mean.
liz, who did you date that was a verb?
chris, you probably don’t want to date girls named derrick either.
Chris Cree said
A link to Christine’s site
http://www.ChristineKane.com
(and I helped!)
ME Strauss said
Sorry, Christine,
I really am the nice one. I just thought the type was so fast and small that you weren’t seeing me.
Here have a cold one.
Christine Kane said
liz, i just posted my web link. it’s up there. (i’d draw an arrow but i can’t) and it turned grey so it’s not in the text of the message. (can you tell i’m the least web savvy among this group?)
Mark Wade said
W…
Wi…
Wik…
Wiki…
Fooledja! You thought I was gonna say W I K I P… Nope! I’m not gonna do it tonight! Not gonna say W I K I P E…
DIA!!!
Chris Cree said
Yes. Liz is the nice one here.
The rest of us…
Chris Cree said
Get the CRAYONS out!!!
Joe said
Hey,
Where’s Jack, you know, the donkey?
Brian Clark said
What’s up everyone? Just want to share that my first child was conceived in Tuscany…
OK, maybe that was a bit too much information.
Christine Kane said
chris shaked! i baked!
(i do hope this is what you were referring to when you wrote “and i helped!” cuz that little girl’s accent in that commercial is what i heard.)
ME Strauss said
Christine,
. . . let’s see,
Oh yeah, verbs
there was a Bob, a Pat, Eaton,
I don’t think Chris or Joe should date a Derrick either.
Trisha said
I’ll be back in a bit - if its a little cooler I’m going to plant my new liatris.
Mark Wade said
Were you there at the time Brian? LOL…
ME Strauss said
Brian! Mark!
Meet Christine!
Where’s Trisha!
Brian that’s so cool!
Chris Cree said
Christine, according to our esteemed host, the fact that you caught the reference makes you officially… ancient.
Yes we beat her up pretty unmercifully for that slander too.
Joe said
Ok, but were you there? JUST FOOLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brian Clark said
Hah… funny, Mark.
No, I wasn’t.
But if I catch that Italian bastard…
ME Strauss said
Mark,
I - i - I jusr realized that mark is a verb.
I’m marking all over my flat screen again!
Mark Wade said
Hello Christine
I understand you’re a celeb?
Hiya Liz - wassup? Hey Chris, Joe, Trisha et al…
Christine Kane said
ancient? that commercial wasn’t all THAT old… and it was so completely obnoxious that you couldn’t help remembering it!
liz, i dated a bob too. but he was sweet.
Trisha said
I’m such a dork, that should have been posted before I left but it didn’t go through until now.
Trisha said
Yes, I guess I am a bit frugal, but we will have to travel somewhere sometime.
Brian Clark said
If anyone feels like jumping into a debate about RSS, stop by my place here:
http://www.copyblogger.com/how-to-sell-rss/
Can’t imagine why you’d want to, but people are weird like that.
Christine Kane said
hi mark. not a celeb.
ME Strauss said
That’s okay, Trisha,
We posted so much in-between it seems like you were gone and just now came back.
Joe said
Are there any GIRLS names that are Verbs?
I should be safe if I date a girl, right?
Chris Cree said
I once was reduced to near uselessness by an Italian air traffic controller when he said over the radio, in a perfect Marx Brothers accent
“You’re lookin-a good-da. Don’t a-toucha nut-en.”
Good thing I wasn’t the pilot or we might have crashed.
Mark Wade said
Mark could be a noun eh?
Couldn’t resist Brian, please forgive…
Christine Kane said
joe, i think the biggest thing is to not go to south africa to meet the person you are dating after they’ve gone over there for six months to do volunteer work… ESPECIALLY if their name is derrick. girl or boy.
Brian Clark said
Anyone watching the Mavs tonight?
Chris Cree said
Joe, I’d stay away from Sue.
I’m just saying…
Joe said
Gonna get a hair cut, back in about 10
ME Strauss said
Brian I think you should tell those guys to lighten up.
It’s too late to be talking about such stuff.
Mark Wade said
I’ll be watching the game in between.
Chris Cree said
Brian, all that talk about re-naming RSS.
Why not just call it “feed”? It’s short, non-technical. And it already is part of both RSS feed and Atom feed.
Seems like a natural to me.
ME Strauss said
Girl verbs include Cher, Pat, Di
Chris Cree said
Anyone here bi-lingual or got any feedback on Google Tranlate?
Christine Kane said
Good names, liz. Were you sitting there racking your brain? or did you just come up with them?
chris, “feed” is a very good idea. my town is getting very froo-froo now that the rich people are moving here and all the restaurants are now called just one word.. like “TABLE” and “FIG.” it seems to be the new branding thing. FEED. It works. maybe i’ll open a restaurant.
Mark Wade said
Nice article Brian. Content Feeds works better for me. Rubel who?
ME Strauss said
Google translate is stinky. It never translates the pages I really need it to. I have readers write about this site and I don’t know what they are saying because they are writing in Turkish or Portugese and Google, Alta Vista, none of them can help.
Chris Cree said
See, Brian. One self-professed non-technical vote already!
Why are we wracking our brains when the answer is right in front of us?
ME Strauss said
Yeah Mark, Brian’s article is great — as always. (I’m thinking about having Angelo and Pasquale talk to him about that). It’s the discussion that’s getting a little anal.
Chris Cree said
Liz, you’re saying that machines still can’t master the nuances of language yet, eh?
Christine Kane said
as non-technical as you can get. i’m reading each of your blogs now. i need google translate.
ME Strauss said
Christine,
I rack my brain most of the time. That’s why it rattles so much when I write.
Trisha said
Mine are still labeled RSS on my blogs.
ME Strauss said
Yeah, so is mine. But I’m trying that email thing up left and it’s working out really well. I’m going to post about it soon. Maybe tomorrow.
ME Strauss said
Chris,
I’m saying that Google does pretty well with the romance languages. Not at all well with the rest. Doesn’t even try with some.
Christine Kane said
Liz, what does that email thing do? Is it for newsletters or feeds?
ME Strauss said
Trisha,
Are those little flowers safely in the ground and those bunny villains safely scared away?
ME Strauss said
The email will send you today’s posts in excerpt. If you want to read one you can click through to the blog. OR NOT.
It arrives everyday at 3:15 and at the bottom are past post links so that you can dump old ones and don’t have to hold onto them.
Chris Cree said
Liz, Since I rode the short bus to language school, would you mind refreshing which ones are the romance languages. I seem to remember something about Europe…
Chris Cree said
LIz, with Zookoda can you set the delivery time?
ME Strauss said
Sorry Chris. The ones based in Latin, Spanish, Italian, and French. I’m not sure about the rest. My language bus was only medium.
Mark Wade said
Basketball…
Minic said
hello Liz…
hello… hello… mic test
ME Strauss said
Yeah, with Zookoda you can set the delivery time, schedule the days, decide how many posts have to be there for it to go. What the subject line says, whether a note goes with it. It’s all in your control.
ME Strauss said
Hi Minic!!!!
This is Minic. He’s the POWER behind The Blogging Times.
Everyone tell him who you are.
Trisha said
The liatris is planted, but I’m sure the bunnies are lurking somewhere. I’ve been running back out now and then and moving the hose around.
Trisha said
I’m going to go back out for a few minutes again before its completely dark, I’ll be back later.
ME Strauss said
Trisha,
Meet Minic.
Trisha has a butterfly garden. She actually raises caterpillars.
Chris Cree said
Hey Minic!
I’m (one of) the guy(s) in Savannah. I’m the one with the questions…
Christine Kane said
Trisha, are you aloud to say where you live? i used to have an organic veggie garden but had to give it up when i started traveling so much…
i miss it.
hi minic! (that’s not a verb, is it?)
Christine Kane said
i mean, “allowed.” oops.
Deb said
I’m so tired, but wanted to drop in a say HI
ME Strauss said
Yeah, Minic
Tell us about your name.
Chris Cree said
Man, You’ve gotta move quick to catch Trisha!
Breathe, girl, breathe!
Christine, we figure out she’s in Missouri a while back. (Let me guess, You’re a Lone Star?)
Christine Kane said
chris you gotta be kidding me… TEXAS? not even close. they’d never have me. i’m in asheville. not far from savannah.
Chris Cree said
Oops! My bad.
Ashville’s great. You guys get all the cooler weather. I’m jealous!
Christine Kane said
savannah’s nice too. i performed there at…um….what’s the design school?
Joe said
Still talking about the weather, huh Chris?
Boy, you guys from Georgia…
ME Strauss said
Hi Deb!!!
As you can see, we’re social. Sorry. No need to lose sleep over us.
PIZZA!!!
Minic, did you get a cold one? Would you rather chocolate and coffee?
Chris Cree said
Savannah College of Art and Design (a.k.a. SCAD).
Christine Kane said
That’s right. i knew it had a name that sounded like something you could catch.
Minic said
Minic is a nickname, not a verb, but is definitely shorter than Dominic
Joe said
See, it only took 45 comments to get a haircut…
Not too bad.
PIZZA!!!
Yeah!!!
Chris Cree said
“Something you could catch”!!!
I’m roaring! I’m going to steal that one, if you don’t mind!
Christine Kane said
as long as you’re not mean to the art students. they were all very sweet.
Chris Cree said
Minic, I like it better than Dom, too.
I think it’s more unique!
ME Strauss said
Minic,
Way Cool! That sort of nickname . . . you must be originally from somewhere east of the Mississippi.
Joe said
But it sounds like a verb…
ME Strauss said
Only 45 comments to get a Haircut!!!! Joe, for you that’s a time warp!!
Chris Cree said
I’m never mean to the arts students. We had a bunch of them over for dinner just last night.
I don’t get half of what they do… But I just explain the bit about the short bus and they seem to feel sorry for me.
They are great folks!
Joe said
I know, it took longer to catch up than it did to get the haircut LOL
Christine Kane said
Do you sit on a park bench in the middle of town and talk about boxes of chocolates?
Joe said
I was there, we had Bubba Gump Shrimp for dinner tonight…
Chris Cree said
Joe, I miss the weather up in your neck of the woods. Much more palatable!
Tom Vander Well said
Hey!! Greetings all. Sorry I’m late. Nice place, Tuscany.
[quaffs the wine]
Mmmmmmm. Good stuff.
Joe said
Yeah, Chris only 88 degrees and 95% humidity… real nice up here…
ME Strauss said
Who are you asking about sitting on a park bench in the middle of town. Chris? He’s only playing . . . . He’s got zeitgeist written all over him.
Chris Cree said
No, Christine. But I’ve seen the bench where they filmed that scene here. Or at least the square that the bench was in. I’m thinking they added that particular bench for the scene.
Oh, and I LOVE chocolate! I don’t much care what I get!
ME Strauss said
There’s no such thing as late, Tom. Have some pizza with your wine. Fresh tomatoes on there . . . we’re talking about the world, art, and everything. We have a celebrity here. Two or three I think
Minic said
Liz,
Live in Nj, blogs from NY
Chris Cree said
Yeah, Joe. But does it cool down below 80 at night?
Christine Kane said
I made the SCAD students show me that bench. and I listened to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as I drove there. I was so prepared.
Tom Vander Well said
Iowa feels like the South tonight. Hot & sticky. That’s the thing about the midwest - it can be like spending your winters in the Arctic and your summers in Death Valley.
Joe said
I’ll let you know tomorrow…
Kathleen said
Hi.
Mind if I crash the party?
Nice to meetcha
Joe said
Christine,
Indagoddadavida? baby
Tom Vander Well said
Chris, my daughter has talked about going to the Savannah School of Art and Design. Know anything about it?
Mark Wade said
Scadlodytes… lol
Chris Cree said
Hey Tom!
Liz, I had to look up that word, zeitgeist, just to make sure you were still being nice.
Even after reading the definition I’m scratching my head. Me? Say it isn’t so!
Tom Vander Well said
Ciao, Kathleen! Bella Note! Grab a glass a wine and join the fun.
ME Strauss said
Hi kathleen,
Everyone! This is Kathleen. She commented for the first time today!
Be nice to her.
Mark Wade said
Great School! Tops in it’s field! Not cheap at all but worth every nickel!
An Art Degree from SCAD is worth, well, bunches!
Chris Cree said
Hi Kathleen!
Tom, I know some folks there, students and staff. Drop me an email and I’ll pass on what I know.
Joe said
Hey Liz,
I asked Jon Koster to join us tonight to see how his picture went over, think he will?
ME Strauss said
Mark,
Share the crayons with Kathleen. She doesn’t have any.
Mark Wade said
Welcome Kathleen!
Chris Cree said
But I’d second what Mark says. He’s probably more in tune with the art world than I am, though.
Christine Kane said
Joe, you spelled it wrong.
Mark Wade said
I’d be happy to Liz. Kathleen - stop by later and I’ll give ya’ some of the crayons Liz gave me
ME Strauss said
I think it’s probably too late for him by now. He’s probably fast asleep. Which reminds me. It looks like AdLib must be back at his gaming again.
Kathleen said
maybe no crayons but I have every color of colored pencils.
and many kinds of scissors. I collect them. over 40 different kinds at last count
ME Strauss said
Oooooh, scissors. Mark you had better look out there!
Mark Wade said
Chris, Tom - a few years ago I had a friend graduate from SCAD with a degree in 3D Graphic Design and he turned down a job at Disney to go to Europe!
ME Strauss said
Tom,
What’s new in the world of questions and answers? Got any good ones?
Joe said
Liz, always the editor…
You can fix it if you want. That way Jan won’t be angry with me.
Chris Cree said
Christine, we have a very liberal spelling policy here.
Liz made that rule for us short-bussers!
But anytime you want to give Joe a hard time is OK with me!
Tom Vander Well said
Thanks for the feedback, though I don’t like the part about “expensive” - I’ll drop you an email, Chris.
[passing indigo and burnt sienna crayons to Kathleen]
ME Strauss said
Joe, What was I editing?
Mark Wade said
Scissors??? Not on my Blog ya’ don’t LOL… I’ll sic Khaled on ya’…
Kathleen said
thanks Tom
I like how crayons smell, almost better than using them
Chris Cree said
Mark! Way to bring the conversation full circle! Back to Europe! I love it!
Joe said
Thanks guys, it’s not my speeleeng, itsss my tipping
Chris Cree said
Joe, it might be the wine…
I’m just saying…
Tom Vander Well said
Wow, Mark! Okay - maybe that kind of investment would be worth it!
Just got back from Twin Cities, Liz. Best question I got lately was from my two teen daughters who - independently on the same day - asked me “So where have you been all day?!!”
…ummmmmmm - it’s called WORK!
oh to have summer break again!
ME Strauss said
Scis-scis-scis-scissors
I just couldn’t help myself. laffin’
[said Liz thinking back to a week ago]
Joe said
Sorry Liz,
It was Christine who corrected me, I was reading too fast for my fingers again…
Chris Cree said
Yep. I’m thinking it’s the wine….
ME Strauss said
Speaking of wine, . . . . anyone need any snacks or beverages?
Tom Vander Well said
Okay - crayons smell okay - but don’t TASTE them…it’s not like the wheat paste we use on the paper mache.
Joe said
I knew we came to Tuscany for a good reason…
ME Strauss said
I never, ever ate paste in my life. Not even once.
Tom Vander Well said
Okay - I just got here - you guys have a BIG head start on the wine. Kathleen, we’ve got to catch up!
Kathleen said
speaking of tuscany, I’ll take an italian margarita
Tom Vander Well said
Okay - well maybe the Italian Margarita will get us there faster - what’s in it?
ME Strauss said
Good choice Kathleen. Let me fix you one, And while I do I’ll ask you a question.
If you speak three languges, you are tri-lingual.
If you speak two languages, you are bi-lingual.
What are you if you speak only one?
[see my next comment for the answer.]
Kathleen said
same as a regular one but with a shot of amaretto di saranno
Trisha said
Back again!
Hello! Minic!
I live in the St. Louis area.
ME Strauss said
Excellent Amaretto di Saranno, it is.
If you speak one language you are . . . American
Chris Cree said
AMERICAN!!!
Joe said
Hey,
I have a question…
How come when I look in the mirror, my hair is Blonde, but after it’s cut and on the floor, it’s GRAY???
Mark Wade said
Tom - want you to know that my friend had a straight A GPA for four years (actually three, he condensed it), was on a full scholarship. Yep! Full. Paid not a cent to go to SCAD. He worked his a** off! Disney came to him while he was still in his last year. I have never seen software like he had (actually, I hope I never do again lol). Magnificent work he turned out - graphic animations and sh.. erm, stuff. His final, final exam was actually almost a full length movie.
He got design software through SCAD that was incredibly intense. Even had to buy separate computers to run some of it on. Oh BTW - they have an unreal computer dept.
I doubt I could say enough good things about SCAD. Wonderful school!
Tom Vander Well said
Got it. Great - I happen to have some amaretto. I’ll have to try that.
Grazie!
ME Strauss said
Chris,
You get a link for that AMERICAN answer, by default!
Joe, we live in a world with air that is full of pollution. Your hair picks it up on the way to the floor.
Chris Cree said
Maybe it’s because your eye sight’s shot!
Kathleen said
that’s funny but tragic, no?
I’m bilingual btw. Passable in a third but not natively accented
ME Strauss said
Tom,
Prego, prego.
Mark,
You have me drooling about going to SCAD. I bet they have THE coolest crayons.
Cat said
Hi Liz.
I made it back for a mic night. Finally!
Great topic - Tuscany and travel. Haven’t been to Tuscany, but it’s yet another place to check off of my growing list of places to do.
Today I’m waiting on an email to decide whether or not to go to India on tuesday. The tickets have been booked … I’m just waiting … and trying to get work out of the way.
And now for the fun … clicking the ‘notify me of further comments via e-mail’ box. I recommend everyone who isn’t doing it to give it a go. It’s a great experience on Liz’s blog
Chris Cree said
Kathleen, So you’re natively accented in two?
I’m impressed!
Mark Wade said
Aaaaah Joe…. thankful you have hair hehehe
Mike Sansone said
Sorry I’m late. I missed the train.
ME Strauss said
Even better Cat, read just above you. The topic right now is the Savannah Art School.
Chris Cree said
Yeah, Gorgeous says every day I still have hair is a good hair day!
Joe said
Chris, I like Liz’s answer better, besides, it’s my fingers, not my eyes…
Tom Vander Well said
Thanks for the good word, Mark. It will be interesting. I would love to see her go there - she’s a great young artist - but she’s still in that phase of changing her mind every month. Last month she wanted to be an archaeologist - the month before it was an Egyptologist. Who knows!? We’re taking her to the King Tut exhibit at Chicago Field Museum in a few weeks for her birthday.
Chris Cree said
Tom, it sounds like she’ll be a GREAT artist. Most of the one’s I’ve met can’t decide what they want for LUNCH, much less their careers!
Kathleen said
Tom, I work with designers. Personally, I’m real impressed with the caliber coming out of scad’s industrial design dept. and furniture dept. etc etc
Mark Wade said
Liz, SCAD would drive you crazy I’m sure. You’d love it.
SCAD has done some really wonderful things for downtown Savannah too. They’ve helped restore a lot of what had become blighted.
Tom Vander Well said
Mike!! Ciao!
Tom Vander Well said
Okay - I’m getting excited about the SCAD idea - especially because I’d have to go VISIT her there!
Tom Vander Well said
…and make Chris take me out to dinner because all my money would be going to tuition!
Mike Sansone said
Wow… that 7 Steps conversation is one that could continue…for 7 months
Christine Kane said
HEY chris! be nice to the artists! it’s probably not the ARTIST thing that makes her scattered. it’s probably the TEEN-AGER thing.
Chris Cree said
Mark’s right about revitalizing downtown.
When I lived here 10 years ago there were so many derilct houses they could have given one to every homeless person and still had bunches left over. The city was dying.
SCAD’s bought up bunches of property and fixed them up. They have one of the best historical preservation programs in the country I’m told.
Mark Wade said
Savannah is a beautiful town (yeah - I’m a NY boy so Savannah is a town :P)
Mike Sansone said
Hey Tom, Chris, Christine, Liz, Mark…who’d I miss…raise your hand
Chris Cree said
Christine, being indecisive isn’t a character flaw, it’s a descriptor.
You want to hear a character flaw, come listen to me sing!
Better bring your ear plugs!
Joe said
Hand wavin in air…
Tom Vander Well said
You tell ‘em Christine!!
Mike Sansone said
Who’s doing the Al Martino imitation? It sounds like Jerry Vale
Christine Kane said
hi mike. i’m a newbie. a blogling.
Cat said
“The topic right now is the Savannah Art School.”
It’s going way too fast for me this moring. I skimmed it quickly to figure out the discussion, then by the time I posted it had gone past bi lingual to … SCAD? …
… oh well, I’ve got to get to work anyway. It’s wednesday morning out here and clients sort of expect one to work in the daylight.
Have fun all!
ME Strauss said
Tom,
When you come to Chicago, you have to let me know. I live right downtown. It would be so cool to see you!
Tom Vander Well said
Mike - I think that was Chris doing Karaoke!
Mark Wade said
“They have one of the best historical preservation programs in the country.” Absolutely…
I’ve had the pleasure of working on restoring some of the historic homes and sometimes you even have to buy your paint in Charleston because it MUST be a certain color!
Did you know - The Girl Scouts originated in Savannah?
Mike Sansone said
Hiya Joe!! Christine…a Blogling. I like it! You just became a seasoned vet in my book with that one.
ME Strauss said
Hi Mike,
Sorry I missed you coming in. I had to rescue someone who was being held captive by Askimet. It was a ferocious battle!
Chris Cree said
Tom, you’re welcome in our town any day. I’d have to check with Gorgeous about springing for dinner though…
Christine Kane said
chris, next time i play savannah, i’ll call you up on stage.
Mike Sansone said
I’ll be you won Liz. The gang stepped up and made me feel at home likkety-split (though I did recognize your absence)
Christine Kane said
Someone needs to get mark onto a different subject! i think he’s had too much to drink!
Tom Vander Well said
Yeah, Mark - we have the same thing here in Pella, IA. All storefronts must have Dutch architecture and match certain historic Dutch color schemes.
Chris Cree said
Christine, I’m not proud. Nor easily embarrassed. You’d probably regret it!
I too hail from NY originally… (yes, it’s sort of a theme, I know.)
Joe said
Hey Mike,
I got lost in the SCAD conversation, I had nothing to add so I just sat by and hit the refresh a few dozen times,.
Christine Kane said
i was in pella too! what a great little town!
Tom Vander Well said
So, Christine - when are you coming to Iowa?!
Mark Wade said
Okay Christine
Can’t help it, I fell in love with Savannah. I’ve been to Asheville BTW - in another life.
Kathleen said
Where’s everybody from?
I’m in Las Cruces NM
Tom Vander Well said
What?! REALLY?!
Mike Sansone said
Bloglings are always welcome in Iowa. In fact, I guess I’m an Iowa Blogling Recruiter:-)
Christine Kane said
tom, i’ve been in iowa more times than i can count. mostly in february. not the happiest time to be there! ames is nice though. i’ll be in des moines in september.
Tom Vander Well said
Whew, Joe. I thought for a minute you were passed out under the table!
Christine Kane said
mark, when were you in asheville?
mike and tom are BOTH from iowa?
Chris Cree said
Chritine, you realize you just coined a new word in here. “Blogling” is officially in. We had a conversation about what to use instead of “newbie” a while back. You’ve solved a problem for us!
Tom Vander Well said
Great! Are you playing a gig? date/venue?
Christine Kane said
kathleen, you’re so lucky. i just love new mexico. (i’m also a huge tony hillerman fan.)
Mike Sansone said
Tom! We should meet up sometime (again)…How about tomorrow. (If you ask why I do what I do - it’s so I can hang around offline with people like Tom…and online with folks like you!
Joe said
No, Tom, Sometimes I just sit in my little time warp and refresh until there is something I can add of little value.
Yes Chris, I said LITTLE VALUE LOL
Mark Wade said
Ha - I was in Asheville… well, before you were a gleam in your parent’s eyes Christine
Certainly a looooong time before you became a Blogling, laffin’
Christine Kane said
chris, as long as i get the credit when it makes history. (it came to me when i was doing the blog goals project for darren rowse’s thingee).
tom, it’s on my tour dates page. (i’m mostly taking time off this year, so there aren’t many shows.) i don’t remember the place off hand. i don’t remember the date either. how’s that for self-promotion?
Chris Cree said
Joe, remember Galaxy Quest?
Maybe you’re the plucky comic relief?
Tom Vander Well said
I’m still planning on late afternoon, Mike -
Yeah, Christine - Mike and I both live here…
with the cows…
…and pigs…
and presidential candidates
Chris Cree said
Tom, how do you tell them apart?
ME Strauss said
Mark,
Have you been to Christine’s site to hear her sing and see her picture? She’s quite a celebrity.
Mark Wade said
New Mexico is unbelievably beautiful also! I felt like I was on Mars when we drove through. Amazing.
Tom Vander Well said
NP - I’ll check it out so Mike and I can come with our wives and seriously skew your demographics.
Joe said
Chris, did that make it past 5 shows???
I don’t think so, but I’m not sure…
Tom Vander Well said
HA! Chris! You’re killing me.
My wife and I really want to go to Sante Fe - I’ve heard such great things about the art community there.
Christine Kane said
tom, the demographic is pretty wide. no need to worry at all.
ME Strauss said
Sante Fe is REALLY artsy, but the margaritas are soooo good.
Mark Wade said
Liz - a long time ago, in this thread far far away… Christine told me she wasn’t a celeb. But, yes, I have gone to her site. I’ll be going back to find out more.
That was funny Chris! Love It!!! “how do you tell them apart?”
Chris Cree said
Well I mean the cows are generally larger than the pigs…
Kathleen said
Tom, Santa Fe is nice, overpriced and a little overblown but you know… try Taos. I’m going there this weekend (solar music festival)
Mark Wade said
Speaking of Art and Santa Fe, have any of you been to Sedona?
Mike Sansone said
Okay, Okay (Joe Pesci imitation?)…so a local publication says they are running a feature and want to talk to me …I say cool, he says he’ll email me info…
Tom Vander Well said
You can generally tell the presidential candidates by the smell.
Joe said
And the politicians are the one’s with s**t on their faces…
Kathleen said
sedona is beautiful but they’ve got a fire just now
Chris Cree said
Kathleen, I’m intrigued. What’s solar music? Sound hot.
Tom Vander Well said
Yes, I’ve heard alot about Taos - sounds beautiful. Julia Cameron talks a lot about it in her books.
Mike Sansone said
turns out…the feature is an ADVERT and he wants me to buy an ad…I ask if his publication is going to use RSS or feeds soon. He never heard of it…he’s in marketing. I turn him down, and he asks how I expect to build my business.
What’s up with that?
Mark Wade said
I’ve been following it Kathleen, darn shame…
Magnificent scenery. It will come back if its damaged.
We’ve considered buying there.
Chris Cree said
Tom, Joe, …
Kathleen said
Taos is the solar (energy) capital of the world.
It’s a music festival 3 day concert powered entirely with solar energy.
Indigo Girls headlined last year
Christine Kane said
julia cameron lives in taos. or she used to.
never been to sedona.
Mike Sansone said
So I’m flipping a coin here…Savannah or Sante Fe, Santa Fe or Savannah…and all the while….rooting for it to come up Evanston ( IL, not WY)
Chris Cree said
Oh. I get it. Like I said, it sounds hot!
Christine Kane said
mike, my vote would be santa fe.
though, if you wanted to meet mark in person, he’d probably join you in savannah!
ME Strauss said
Where have Tom and Joe gone?
Tom Vander Well said
Yeah - Mike and I are planning a barnstorming tour of Wisconsin (lots of cows there) and Chicago (lots of wind there) sometime in July
Mark Wade said
Evanston IL? Where’s that? J/K
ME Strauss said
Oh Cool. Mike and Tom in Chicago — Wll you be here for TechCocktail on July 6?
Chris Cree said
I second the cows thing in Wisconsin.
State motto: Come smell our dairy air!
Mark Wade said
“though, if you wanted to meet mark in person, he’d probably join you in savannah!”
No doubt!
Mike Sansone said
Tom, maybe we should make a beeline to Zion (just south of Kenosha) and meet everyone in the middle?
Joe said
I’m sulking, Chris yelled at me and Tom… ;-(
Chris Cree said
Not yelled, silly. I was laughing too hard to type!
Kathleen said
…continues mumbling to herself as she shuffles off to make a watermelon margarita…
Mark Wade said
Sedona is absolutely perfect if you’re the artsy type…
Tom Vander Well said
The problem is, would anyone come to Zion to meet US?
Chris Cree said
Kathleen, you seem to have a thing for fruity margarita’s…
Christine Kane said
And Kathleen, the real question is, what kind of tequila are you using?
Tom Vander Well said
I don’t know if I want to be labled “artsy type”!
Joe said
But, Chris, I had to finish the cows are taller than the pigs thing with the politicians…
Mike Sansone said
Probably not Tom. In fact, the 100 that live there may scatter.
Christine Kane said
Aw Tom, LIVE A LITTLE. Get out of your comfort zone! Be artsy!
Chris Cree said
Careful, Tom. Christine might take umbrage!
Christine Kane said
I took umbrage long ago. And Liz, where are you in all of this?
Tom Vander Well said
I don’t know Mike - you know me - would you lable me “artsy”?
Joe said
Is that what you carry when it rains???
An Umbrage?
Tom Vander Well said
label even
Chris Cree said
Joe, Joe. Joe. I was laughing because of yours and Tom’s comments. About the pigs, etc.
Mark Wade said
The game is tied, brb
Tom Vander Well said
I thought it was one of those Hungarian cars. The new 2 door Umbrage.
Mike Sansone said
Tom…eclectic maybe, artsy? Yeah…I’d say there’s some artsy in ya
Chris Cree said
Joe, actually, I’m not really sure. I remember hearing it in a line from Serenity though.
Tom Vander Well said
Okay - I was doing Shakespeare in tights last week - I guess I better own up to artsy.
ME Strauss said
You guys are silly.
Joe said
Chris Cree, ever the Sci-Fi guy…
Chris Cree said
Actually Tom, it’s that concrete embankment the put to support the bridge foundation - the umbrage.
Mike Sansone said
Liz, this is almost like watching a telethon - seeing your Alexa numbers improve with every refresh:-)
ME Strauss said
Umbrage. I thought that was what Scrooge said, \”Bah umbrage!\”
Starbucker said
Hey folks, Starbucker here - did I see some interesting comments about cows in my native Wisconsin? We have more than cows, you know. There’s a lot of taverns and beer too.
Christine Kane said
Thanks everyone for including me in the fun! i’m going out to walk my dog in the 70 degree night air! (bragging a little here.)
Tom Vander Well said
Hey Mike - Did you see that Google Analytics accepted me?! I’m SOMEONE now!
Chris Cree said
And don’t forget cheese! Of course that comes from all the cows.
Oh, and snow. Cold weather. And most importantly the PACKERS!
ME Strauss said
Hiya Starbucker!
Great to see you! Come on in! Here’s a cold one!
Bye Christine. Hope to see you tomorrow! Tell the puppy hello!
Mike Sansone said
Hiya Starbucker!
ME Strauss said
Tom VW
You’ve always been someone. Google only just found out!
Mike Sansone said
Christine, twas a pleasure. Hope to see you in September
Joe said
Nite Christine,
Bring the dog along next time, he can join the donkey, moose and reindeer.
Chris Cree said
Bye Christine! Yes, I’ve got weather envy.
Congratulations TOM!
Starbucker, you wouldn’t happen to be a Battlestar Galactica fan, by any chance?
Tom Vander Well said
Nice meeting you Christine! SB! Ciao!
Mike Sansone said
Yes, Tom…Congrats! Now Google thinks you’re artsy!
Chris Cree said
Tom! Did you really say “tights”??!! I sorta missed that.
Tom Vander Well said
Packer fans are NOT allowed at open mic night!!!!
Starbucker said
Ah yes, the beloved Packers. I bleed Green and Gold, ya know? And, of course, Brett Favre is my hero. And I own a Cheesehead.
Joe said
Told ya, Chris Cree, Sci-Fi Guy…
Tom Vander Well said
Ha! Nice one, Chris. I thought no one was going to catch that!
Tom Vander Well said
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, man SB. You and I are going to have serious problems come Packers/Vikings Sundays.
Chris Cree said
Now, Tom. I’m not sure how much authority you can wield in those tights…
Tom Vander Well said
Gotta run for a bit - my beloved wants a few moments alone
HART (1-800-HART) said
*Arrives at 353 comments …
I’ll gander the previous 353 comments in a few moments .. I was AFK or, “Away from Computer” for you NON-Instant Messenger people reading this.
2 things this week for me:
1) I broke down and bought a new video card for this computer .. I kept prolonging the inevitable (with views like THIS) .. OH YA! THAT’s What a clean screen looks like now! I can see! I can See!
2) Went to cottage last weekend. I put pictures up on the www .. if anybody is interested..
ME Strauss said
Hey, hey, time for a cold one. would you guys like to drink them or wear them?
Joe said
Ok, I won’t say anything about EAGLES. Now that we are over the T.O. fiasco, we may just have a winning TEAM again…
Chris Cree said
Holy Smokes! It’s pumpkin hour here in steamy Savannah. I gotta go a snoozin.
Liz, keep an eye peeled for the moose and the donkey. Wouldn’t do to have them drooling in the chips!
Hi, Heart! Bye, Heart!
Mike Sansone said
Is that a train whistle coming down the line?
I shoulda been in bed, it’s well after nine
But a headline jumped in front of my sight
Open Mic - It’s Tuesday night.
I say all that with just one more thing
When it comes to community, Liz grabs the ring
If you’re thinking what it is that’s truly your niche
Someday I’ll build one like you have is my biggest wish.
night:-)
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Cheris Bye Cheris … (deliberately placing a secret “E” in chris’s name like he does with HART’s name)
Starbucker said
Liz, I believe drinking is better than wearing - that rule, of course, does not apply if you are in a college dorm or a corner pub, trying to sing “Proud Mary” with the jukebox (if it sounds like an actual experience, ah, yes it is).
ME Strauss said
EVERYBODY HART
Hi Hart!
Good night Tom!
Good night Chris!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Oh - I’m still on page 5 reading . Are we rhyming now?
Chris Cree said
I’m with Joe on the spelling thing. Blond too… Fat fingers… Sleep deprived…
And begging H-A-R-T’s forgiveness!
ME Strauss said
Good choice Starbucker,
At least on most occasions.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Liz .,.. How are you tonight? Saw all your pictures from last week’s trip that you posted. You need a gallery.
Mike Sansone said
Howdy Hart,
Sorry I’m late
I must depart
Have a 6am date
Joe said
It seems that Hi HART is always late,
For that ever important date.
But, never will you find
Hi HART to be unkind.
So now, I must bid adeau
to all the rest of you.
Hi HART, bye HART.
Nite, Nite Liz.
Sleep tight to the rest of you.
Joe
ME Strauss said
Hart,
Have you met Starbucker? Starbucker, this is Hart.
Tonight has been a most interesting night. We’ve been talking about everything!
Scot Herrick said
Late again due to Pacific Time. I see Liz asked where I was on my vacation last week (and thanks for tipping the hat to the crowd last Tuesday!).
The full story is here:
http://www.scotherrick.com/writeblog/2006/6/19/vacation-review-2006.html
Including, AHEMMM, visiting Brett Favre’s charity softball game and a tour of Lambeau Field for the Green Bay Packers.
I also saw Bessie on vacation in Wisconsin, up from California. I’ll have another interview with her getting her perspective on the Happy Cow phenom in California.
The original interview is here…
http://www.scotherrick.com/writeblog/2006/4/26/california-happy-cows-is-a-myth-the-interview.html
Secretly - not publicized yet - I was told that Bessies hooves curled after seeing her studly bull back in Cheeseland. Too funny.
It’s good to be back online…375+ comments and all!
Scot
ME Strauss said
Good night, Joe
Good night, Mike
HART (1-800-HART) said
Chris .. Just kidding .. Actually, I go by any name .. My wife seems to like DUMBASS lately .. but, only periodically *cougheverymonthorsocoughcough*
HART (1-800-HART) said
~waves to Starbucker ..
* don’t worry .. HART will not be rhyming this post .. maybe next one
Chris Cree said
Hart, maybe you could ask her to call you Jack?
Sorry. Now I’m really out of here! I’ll get it right next week…
Night all!
ME Strauss said
Hart,
Thanks for the comments about the pictures. But a gallery for two picture is hardly a gallery. I think I’ll wait a bit.
ME Strauss said
Scott,
I have this most unique image in my mind of you interviewing a cow.
Starbucker said
Howdy Hart! I think we’ve exhausted the rhyming on your name though.
Scot, so you’ve been to the altar of Packerland. Yep, I am jealous. Don’t tell me you spoke with Brett too?
HART (1-800-HART) said
Liz .. there are simple galleries out there. I have several across my blogs, but they are work to keep up. This week I put up a simple one - everything in a directory shows up. I use a thumbnail program (Easy Thumbnails) and just copy all the pictures into a “small” directory and convert them into 400px.
Here’s the results .. - the cottage.
http://HBSMC.com/victoriabeach/
I’m going to add pictures every weekend or when I go to this URL. It’s not Tuscany .. but, gets you sunburnt.
Scot Herrick said
Hi Starbucker,
Nope, didn’t speak with him. However, SO got Bubba Franks and Kenny Peterson’s autographs - and to touch the grass on Lambeau Field. She was one happy camper…!
ME Strauss said
Hart,
The BIG difference is that your pictures are pretty.
Scot Herrick said
Hi Liz,
I also talk to my computer. After that, interviewing Bessie is a piece of cake. Which, of course, is better than a piece of beef, considering the interviewee….!
ME Strauss said
Scot,
You didn’t even talk to the cows in Wisconsin???
Trisha said
Anyone still here?
Starbucker said
Nice Scot! It’s real good to be happy. I’m in Billings Montana right now -anybody been there?
Trisha said
I guess so!
ME Strauss said
Whew! I feel so much better, knowing that you DID get that interview with BESSIE and I didn’t mishear you. I didn’t want delete the great picture I had in my head.
ME Strauss said
Hey Trisha!
Welcome back!
ME Strauss said
Starbucker,
Did you go to a Monterastelli wedding?
ME Strauss said
Trisha,
What’s the update on the garden?
HART (1-800-HART) said
~waves to newcomers arriving and oldcomers still here (as if I was an old hat .. since I just got here 5 minutes ago m’self)
Starbucker said
Can’t say I did Liz - should I have?
ME Strauss said
It was in Billings last September. There was a chance you might have.
My brothers live in Wyoming. My nephew got married in Billings.
Trisha said
It’s going ok. Didn’t have time to put any mulch out though, but it was still pretty warm out there too, even as it was getting dark.
Starbucker said
No kidding - small world. I come here on business quite a bit, but haven’t had a chance to attend any weddings (unfortunately). Just work and (a good thing) a chance to sit in on this great conversation from my lovely hotel room!
ME Strauss said
Ah Trisha,
That’s too bad.Mulching used to be my favorite part. Well being done with it anyway.
Trisha said
I’ll do it in a day or two - I like doing it!
ME Strauss said
So Starbucker,
I’m in Chicago, Harts in Canada — so he knows everyone. Trisha’s in Missouri. Where do you live? Did you say so already and I missed it?
Trisha said
Is Brian still here?
Starbucker said
Nope, you didn’t - I live in Stamford, CT. I love Chicago, by the way - used to go there quite a bit when I was growing up in Milwaukee.
ME Strauss said
I think Brian is off watching the game.
ME Strauss said
Oh yeah, Starbucker,
I remember that now. I saw you lived in Stamford when I was at your blog. Stamford to Billings is quite a haul.
Milwaukee to Chicago is a skip and a jump.
Starbucker said
Yes it is - I spend a lot of time in planes and cars - as you know, I much prefer cars drivng throught the mountains (on 4 lane roads!). Not many mountains in CT (or Milwaukee or Chicago for that matter). I notice Hart’s from Winnepeg, correct? Not many mountains there either. What about in Trisha’s part of Missouri?
ME Strauss said
I’m not sure that Trisha’s still around.
ME Strauss said
So what is there to do in Billings, Montana?
HART (1-800-HART) said
No mountains here! Winnipeg is about as flat as it gets .. in the Prairies .. Even worse, we’re in the Red River Valley .. where there used to be a glacier or lake or something. We had that “flood of a century” back in 1997.,
Trisha said
I’m still around - sorry I didn’t see that!
Mountains here? No
HART (1-800-HART) said
[babbling on]
But .. despite our Mountainless province .. we have something like 10,000 lakes and sunny skies
We get cold weather, lots of snow, short summers though… Land is cheap up here in the Great White North! Okay, maybe not really cheap. In fact, in past 3-4 years quite overly priced some would say .. but, isnt it like that everywhere?
[babbling off]
ME Strauss said
We’re all slowing down a bit, I think.
Trisha said
I’m slowing down but I still have a few things to do tonight before I can go to bed.
Starbucker said
Not much, really, but I will say this - there is a street here that I swear has every single chain restaurant and retail store known to mankind. I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere.
ME Strauss said
Hart,
I so live for your stories. You make it sound wonderful there!
HART (1-800-HART) said
I still have one story in moderation (hint,hint) …
Trying to speed things up .. I’ve been watching YouTube the past few days .. not just watching the odd video around the net, but actually surfing their site, subscribing to a few .. and well .. am I sick? Should I be exorcized?
Trisha said
61-writing-voice-the-sound-of-your-brand - I need to remember that or print that out
ME Strauss said
Starbucker,
That sounds amazing, but I can almost picture it. Big Big sky and all that store noise under it.
Well guys,
I think I really need to call it a night now . . . I’m losing my power to put together a sentence.
Time for me to say Sweet Dreams to this Open Comment Night.
Here’s the Keys to the Bar and the Blog.
Mark Wade said
Miami Heat! 2006 NBA Champs!
Trisha said
me too - good night all!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Well .. I’ll be up for many hours to come .. so, I’ll watch the keys this week .. at least until the night crew arrives … G’night Liz & anybody leaving ..
If anybody is around and wants to chat about some deep stuff well .. I’m not your person .. However, if you want to shoot the chit .. heck! Count me in.
Starbucker said
Likewise for me - I’m still on Eastern time. It’s been a blast Liz - nice to meet you Hart and Trisha. Keep the faith!
ME Strauss said
OH Mark.
Brian won’t be happy.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Mark .. So .. is it over now? What do you watch now that it’s over?
Mark Wade said
Carolina Hurricanes! 2006 Stanley Cup Champs!
We’re keepin’ them in the South!
Sorry Brian
Mark Wade said
Hey Hart,
Now its back to dull old baseball lol
HART (1-800-HART) said
Bye Starbucker .. Nice to meet you .. I visited your blog and commented
HART (1-800-HART) said
RIGHT! Baseball
There’s also CFL Football .. Winnipeg Blue Bombers are back in the Eastern Division (if that means anything) although, we’re 0-1 now in last place
HART (1-800-HART) said
oh, and congrats to the EVIL AMERICAN EMPIRE team Carolina who beat our WHOLESOME Team Edmonton Last night … *sniffles*
Mark Wade said
Oh yeah - CFL. Ricky Williams, Toronto Argonauts…
Mark Wade said
Hey, I went a whole year without hockey. I didn’t care who won actually. But since I went to school in Raleigh, Carolina will do
Mark Wade said
Wow, I guess we’re all wrung out so… have a great night everyone. Sleep tight and cya tomorrow.
HART (1-800-HART) said
oh, actually - I don’t care either .. I was just trying to start a CANADA vs USA war lol .. j/k
As for CFL - I’m the same way - Go to an occassional game, and watch when visiting my dad .. but honestly, couldn’t care less and would wonder stuff like “How many spam emails have I been receiving watching this football game?” or “I could be working to make up for the lost time spent blogging or commenting on Liz’s Open Mike Night”…
HART (1-800-HART) said
G’night .. // going too
* Leaves keys on the Bar Stool ..
Shananagan said
So… I think I’m too late!
I was fighting for the computer over at the house you see and well I lost until now.
Jamsi said
Note to self, never click the “show all comments” link when visiting Liz’s blog ….
Keith Dsouza said
Well the Mike has been everywhere for last few days and my God do you get people talking, The mic is getting better day by day.
Hey btw did you know BlogHerald is having a How I blog series going on. I made it there fortunately.
Cheers
Keith
ME Strauss said
Mark and Hart,
Thanks for the sports and weather recap at the end of the news and for closing after. You guys will get more in your check this week for sure. But then my dad always said that 2 times nothing is still going to be nothing.
ME Strauss said
Jamsi,
I’m smiling to think you stopped by. Hope you had your wine with you. Tuscany is quite trip to make all the way from Australia without something to drink on the way. . . . Thanks for being here. It means something.
ME Strauss said
Keith — IN THE BLOG HERALD!!
Yessiree! And I remember when you only had one blog. You’re going places, Mr. D. I see you getting bigger by the minute!
ME Strauss said
Shananagan,
You are never to late to open mic night. I’m sure there will be folks who stop by this morning to see who arrived and added a few words while we were all sleeping.
You are a full-fledged part of what happened.
Martin said
Okay, I’m here … has this thing started …. D’oh!!!
Moi took today off to write a batch of posts and to catch up on listening to some 20 podcasts I’ve downloaded over time. Gosh there’s some poor quality shyte going around. Way too many podcasts sound like they’re being recorded from the toilet.
b5 together with the Fox thing: Great stuff. Good for blogging in general.
The Bog Herald revamp: it’s about bloody time. Now all I want to see is some quality newsy posting.
Hart - did you listen to the Jeremy/Tyme podcast - at the end she gives you a little bit of a biach slap.
Why is char letting dk soil his blog?
For Aussie readers: Go Pies
For the World Cup: Australila, let’s beat Croatia and get into the last 16. We can do it!!!
For cricket lovers: are you waiting in anticiptation for the Ashes? Not to worry - Australia will smack the Poms silly.
And that’s all folks (as I come to the party late) - errr, and I’m frustrated: your nighttime is my midday (prime time for my business) - so I can’t engage excpet comment 7 hours after the fun has been had.
ME Strauss said
Great update, Martin.
Have you a suggestion on when a better time might be?
Mark Wade said
“Why is char letting dk soil his blog?”
Now there’s an excellent question!
Another might be - why has dk gotten the entire blogosphere snowed with bs? What the %$&^#%%$ is everyone thinking?
ME Strauss said
Snow on the June solstice. Do you think that’s what it is? I think it’s something entirely different. Cotton candy maybe or cotton wool.
Mark Wade said
hehehe - I think soil is the key word, see where you can take it from there LOL… (my first thought after soil is diaper, your turn)
ME Strauss said
Soil, bark mulch, peat humus
Mark Wade said
Too fertile, sorry, they don’t work for me - Hey! Have a great day, I’m off to work
Later…
ME Strauss said
See you!
Martin said
Liz … it’ll be hard, because I’m presuming your main audience comes from the Nth America.
My 7pm is your 4am. I think you should stick to your time as it obviously works (400+ comments can’t be wrong) - Ah, the tyranny of distance and timezones.
Open Mic is a let-down-your-hair, night thing - it wouldn’t really work any other time.
Mark: Exactly! What is everyone thinking - he’s latest efforts are cringe worthy - Have you seen PopCrunch and PRBlogging - utter crapola. He’s trying to be like Char and it’s a pale imitation, it’s so obvious.
ME Strauss said
Martin,
This is slowly leaking over into the next day, you know.
Maybe the time just won’t matter soon.
Check out what I just posted.
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hey Martin .. I listened to the podcast and yes heard the comments (around 73:50) .. Stuff like that never bothers me (sticks and stones type of thing) although I’m not too bright .. maybe it should? lol..
PS .. I’ve actually like that popcrunch site and that YouTube sub-blog is a helluvan idea. I wish I got around to doing that.
Martin said
Hart … wouldn’t bother me too - in fact I liked the comment she was referring to. Very witty. And you know it worked because it got a rise out of her.
PS. Sorry it doesn’t do much for me - I think he’s been drinking too much of chars koolaid - take a lookat PRBlogging: those sloppy headlines are a pale imitiation of Chartreuse’s style. PopCrunch: A Jolie
What’s more fascinating to me is the influence Chartreuse has managed to build up for himself. He’s attracted a great group of loyal followers. It’s a really fascinating study as he’s brought in many new techniques.
ME Strauss said
Martin,
I ready your last sentence and I was dying to respond like this.
Really.
André Du Toit said
I would like to get in touch with Mr Jan Koster. I am currently a visiting professor in the USA. Have you got any contact information of Mr Koster? If you do, please forward it to me. We were at school in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng.
Kind regards. Ms André Du Toit (nee Du Plessis)
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